Warriors Of Ice

Recorded late 2009 in Montreal, with fellow Quebec tech-thrasher Dan "Chewy" Mongrain filling in for late guitar genius Piggy, this live set focuses on Voivod's first five albums; all but two songs date from 1991 or earlier. Voivod have as much fun bashing out old Neanderthal nuke 'n' roll as traversing space-metal wormholes. The robot drums beneath African-like chanting of "Tribal Convictions" and alternate-universe pop hooks of "Panorama" are side dishes, as are Snake's between-song French patter and the Pink Floyd sci-fi they encore with.